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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

- G. WARBURTON.

CABLE RAILWAY. I

No. 353,183. Patented Nov. 23, 1886.

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G. WARBURTON.

CABLE RAILWAY.

No. 353,1 3. Patented Nov. 23,1886;

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GEORGE \VARBURTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE'HALF TO JAMES F. BEDDY, OF SAME PLACE.

CABLE RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.353,183, dated November 23, 1886.

Application filed July 27 1886. Serial No. 209,235. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: bolted a standard, K, to which is pivoted one Be it known that l, GEORGE VVARBURTON, end of a rod, L, extending centrally over the a citizen of the United States, residing at car to the front, where it is bolted to movable Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia standard M, which is arranged to slide verti and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cercally in ways N in the forward projecting portain new and useful Improvements in Cable tion of theband, before mentioned. The upper Railways, of which the following is a specifi portion of the standard is preferably concation, reference being had therein to the acstructed of two metallic bars bolted or clamped companying drawings. together, the lower portion consisting of a [O This invention relates to certain improve metallic rod having its upper end bolted or ments in elevated cable railways; and it has clamped between the lower ends of the said for its objects to provide improved means for bars. Between the upper ends of said bars is applying the gripping device and for operatbolted or otherwise secureda metallic bracket, ing the brakes, as more fully hereinafter de- P, having branches extending to opposite I 5 scribed. sides, the upper bracket extending under the The above-mentioned objects I attain by cable and being provided with a grooved seat, the means illustrated in the accompanying P, to receive said cable. drawings, in which To the lower branch of the bracketPis piv- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a oted or fulcrumed an angle-lever, It, the upper 2o cable-road, showing the car in position; Fig. end of which is provided with acurvedgroove, 7o 2, a transverse sectional view of the road, S, and is adapted to be clamped down upon showing one end of the car and the gripping the cable, so as to grip it and hold it to its scat devices partly in section and partly in eleva- P and carry the car with the cable. Thelever tion. Fig. 3 showsadetaehed view of a modi- It is provided with a downwardlyextending 2 5 fication of the cable-snpporting standard and handle, T, which hangs down within convenbracket; Fig. 4, a modification showing a ient reach of the driver of the car. cable-supporting girder. Fig. 5 represents a To the handleTis fulcrumed an anglelever, View showing the arrangement of the cable- U, having a horizontal ratcheted arm, which supports at corners or turnings, and Fig. 6 works through a slot in the standard M, to

0 represents a cross-section of such cable'suphold it in any desired position. The said 80.

ort. lever U is also provided with a handle under The letter A indicates an ordinary surfacecontrol of the driver. The lower end of the track, and B a series of vertical standards 10- movable standard M is pivoted to one arm of cated at suitable intervals along the track, an angle-lever, V, which is fulcrumed to a 3 5 either between the two tracks where the same bearing-block, W, fastened to the front plat- 8 5 are double or at one or both sides of the track, form of the car; the said lever being provided as may be convenient. In Fig. 2 the standwith a pawl, X, and supplementary handle Y, ards are represented as located between the which serves to operate the pawl to throw it tracks, and are provided with brackets or into a ratchet, Z, and thus lock the angle- 40 girders G at their upper ends, from the exlever V in any desired position. Below the tremities of which brackets depend the hangforward end of the said angle-lever is located ers D, carrying the grooved pulleys E, which a stirrup, A, in which the said end of the support the traveling cables F. Below the lever rests, the stirrup being formed on or sepulleys are arranged receptacles to collect the cured to the upper end of a plate, B, which 5 oil dripping from the pulleys. slides in ways 0 at the forward end of the 5 The letter H indicates the car, which is proears, the lower end of said plate being con vided with a metallic band, I, extending nected to the brake-chain D, which passes around its upper part, having its ends proover a pulley mounted in a hanger, E, and jecting to the front and rear, as shown. To extends to the brake-levers of the car, for the 50 the rear projecting portion of the band is purpose hereinafter explained. 10o

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings the supporting standard is arranged at one side of the-track, and the cable-supporting bracket extends to one side only over the track. WVith the modification shown in Fig.

4 two standards are to be employed, one at each side of the track, the girder being supported at its ends above the track by means of the standards. When the course of the road is changedsuch at corners or other turningsa curved frame, F, is employed, supported upon suitable standards and having a series of pulleys mounted in suitable bearings, G, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings. The cable in this instance passes over the series of pulleys, and is thus carried around the curve.

The operation of myinvention is as follows: The cable being put in motion in the usual manner, to start the car the gripping devices are elevated by operating the anglelever V so as to first elevate the standard M and throw the gripper into proper position. The anglelevers R U are then operated to grip the cable, the parts by their respective locking devices being securely fastened in position.

To stop the car, the operation of the parts is reversed, releasing the gripping devices and dropping the movable standard M, the weight of which depresses the stirrup and applies the brakes.

In order to provide against accidents, the supporting-brackets are provided with seats H, for the reception of extra cables, to be used in case of injury or breakage of the moving cable.

Should the weight of the movable standard be insufficient to apply the brakes effectively, additional power may be had by pressing forward upon the lever V, as is evident.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination, with the car, of the metallic band attached thereto and having projecting ends at the front and rear, the standard secured to the rear and bar extending forward from the same, the movable standard carrying the gripping devices and secured to said rod, and the mechanism for operating said gripping devices, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the movable standard and the ang1e-lever,whereby it is elevated, of the bracket having a seat for the cable, the gripping angle lever and its handle, and the locking angle-lever having a ratcheted arm, the whole arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination, with the movablestandard and its operating-lever, of the stirrup and sliding plate connected with the brakechain, whereby the brake is automatically applied, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WARBURTON.

Witnesses:

O. M. ALEXANDER, CHAS. D. DAVIS. 

